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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management they include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented. Operating results for the three and six months ended July 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027 or any other future period.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of Planet Labs PBC and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s fiscal year end is January 31.

Certain notes or other information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted if they substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in connection with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026 (the “2026 Form 10-K”).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The significant estimates and assumptions that affect the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, the useful lives of property and equipment, capitalized internal-use software and intangible assets, the Company's incremental borrowing rate for operating leases, allowances for credit losses for available-for-sale debt securities and accounts receivable, estimates related to revenue recognition, including the assessment of performance obligations within a contract, the determination of standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation, assumptions used to measure the fair value of noncash consideration, and estimates used in the cost-to-cost measure of progress. Significant estimates and assumptions also include assumptions used to

measure the fair value of private placement warrants, the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from business combinations, the fair value of contingent consideration for business combinations, the impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, the recognition, measurement and valuation of current and deferred income taxes and uncertain tax positions, provision for excess or obsolete inventory, and contingencies.

These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best estimates and judgment. Management regularly evaluates its estimates and assumptions using historical experience and other factors; however, due to the inherent uncertainties in making estimates, actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material.

Due to current geopolitical events, including the war in Ukraine, the conflicts in the Middle East, and military operations in Venezuela, there is ongoing uncertainty and disruption in the global economy and financial markets. The Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or assumptions or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities. These estimates and assumptions may change in the future, as new events occur, and additional information is obtained.

Concentration of Credit Risk and Other Risks and Uncertainties

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and accounts receivable. By their nature, all such financial instruments involve risks, including the credit risk of nonperformance by counterparties. The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments are deposited with or held by financial institutions in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Austria, and Singapore. The Company generally does not require collateral to support the obligations of the counterparties and deposits at financial institutions may, at times, be in excess of federal or national insured limits or deposit-guarantee limits in each of the respective countries. The Company has not experienced material losses on its deposits. The maximum amount of loss at July 31, 2026 that the Company would incur if all parties to cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts is $863.0 million.

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from customers across various countries. Two customers accounted for 25% and 11% of accounts receivable as of July 31, 2026. One customer accounted for 33% of accounts receivable as of January 31, 2026.

For the three months ended July 31, 2026, three customers accounted for 17%, 11% and 10% of revenue. For the six months ended July 31, 2026, three customers accounted for 13%, 12%, and 11% of revenue. For the three and six months ended July 31, 2025, three customers accounted for 16%, 14%, and 11% of revenue.

The Company’s offerings depend on continued and new approvals from the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), and other U.S. and international regulatory agencies for the Company to continue its operations. There can be no assurance that the Company’s operations will continue to receive the necessary approvals or that such operations will be supported by the U.S. government or other governments. If the Company was denied such approvals, if such approvals were delayed, or if the U.S. government’s or other governments’ policies change, these events may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

The Company contracts with certain third-party service providers to launch satellites. Service providers who provide these services are limited. The inability of launch service providers to contract with the Company could materially impact future operating results.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are included in Note 2 of its Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2026 Form 10-K, except as updated herein as it relates to revenue recognition.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”).

The Company derives its revenue principally from licensing rights to use imagery, dedicated capacity, data solutions and satellite services arrangements. Imagery licensing and data solutions are delivered digitally through the Company's online platform in addition to providing related services.

The Company also provides a small amount of other services to customers, including professional services such as training, analytical services, research and development services to third parties, and other value-added activities related to imagery products. This revenue is recognized as the services are rendered, on a proportional performance basis for fixed price contracts or ratably over the contract term for subscription professional services contracts. Training revenue is recognized as the services are performed.

Imagery Licensing, Dedicated Capacity and Data Solutions

Imagery licensing arrangements generally provide customers with the right to access imagery through the Company’s platform, download content on a limited or unlimited basis over the contractual period depending on the terms of the applicable contract, or provide both the right to access imagery and download content. The Company also provides dedicated image tasking capacity over a specific area of interest. These agreements vary by contract, however, generally they have annual or multi-year contractual terms and are typically billed in advance either quarterly or annually. The imagery licensing agreements are generally purchased via fixed price contracts on a subscription or usage basis, whereby a customer pays for access to the Company’s imagery that may be downloaded or tasked over a specific period of time, or, less frequently, on a transactional basis, whereby the customer pays for individual content or archive access licenses. The Company’s imagery licensing agreements, dedicated capacity and service agreements are often non-cancelable and do not contain refund-type provisions.

The Company identifies platform access and imagery downloads as separate performance obligations. Revenue for platform access and dedicated tasking capacity is recognized ratably over the contract term as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits.

Revenue for existing archived imagery (which has significant standalone functionality) is recognized at a point in time when the imagery is available for download, which is typically at contract commencement. The portion of the contract consideration related to the download of existing archived imagery content is generally not significant. Revenue for monitoring imagery downloads is recognized over the contract term using a usage-based output measure. However, if the contract provides for unlimited downloads, revenue is recognized ratably on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract.

The Company also has a small number of large contracts that have required payment terms that are monthly or quarterly in arrears.

The Company provides data solutions offerings, providing customers with services related to site monitoring, change detection, vessel detection and enhanced analytics. The Company's data solutions are offered on a subscription basis and are generally purchased via fixed price contracts for continuous access over the contract period. In most cases, data solutions offerings are accounted for as a single performance obligation due to the integrated nature of the Company's data solutions content. The Company determined that the contractual consideration related to data solutions access subscriptions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the Company has a stand-ready obligation to provide continuous access to the solutions.

Satellite Services

The Company has entered into multi-year satellite services agreements whereby customers purchase satellites manufactured by the Company. In connection with these arrangements, the Company may provide additional products and services such as ground station infrastructure, engineering services, satellite operation services and professional services, which generally represent distinct performance obligations. These arrangements are fixed

price contracts whereby the Company generally invoices based on specified contractual milestones that generally require customer acceptance prior to payment.

The Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis. Observable stand alone selling prices are generally not available for the Company’s satellite services performance obligations. Accordingly, the Company estimates the standalone selling price for each performance obligation primarily using the expected cost plus a margin approach. Under this approach, the Company forecasts its expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and adds a margin for that product or service. The expected cost plus a margin approach requires the Company to make significant judgments, including the forecast of direct costs and the determination of an appropriate margin. The Company considers several factors and reasonably available data to estimate an appropriate margin, including the nature of each performance obligation, published industry margin data, market conditions and the Company's pricing practices and margin expectations. The allocation of transaction price among performance obligations may materially impact the timing of revenue recognition but does not change the total revenue recognized for the contract.

Revenue for satellites and ground station infrastructure purchased by customers is generally recognized at a point in time when control of the products transfers, which is generally upon customer acceptance. The Company's satellite services agreements generally include clauses that require customer acceptance of commissioned in orbit satellites and completed ground station infrastructure.

In certain arrangements, revenue for satellites and ground station infrastructure is recognized over time as the work progresses when there is continuous transfer of control to the customer, which is supported either by the Company's rights to payment of the transaction price associated with work performed to date that does not have an alternative use to the Company or by contractual termination clauses.

Revenue for engineering services, satellite operation services and professional services is recognized over time. These services are provided at various stages throughout the duration of the Company's satellite services agreements.

For satellites, ground station infrastructure, and certain engineering services revenue recognized over time, the Company utilizes the cost-to-cost method (cost incurred relative to total cost estimated at completion) because it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer as the Company incurs costs on the contracts. Use of the cost-to-cost method requires the Company to make reasonable estimates regarding the estimation of total costs at completion. Changes to the estimation of total costs at completion are recorded as a cumulative catch-up adjustment.

In connection with certain satellite services agreements, the Company is provided with image licensing rights for certain imagery generated from satellites purchased by the customer. The Company determined that the rights represent noncash consideration. Noncash consideration is reflected in the transaction price at its fair value measured at contract inception.

The Company determines revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606 through the following five steps:

(1) Identify the contract with a customer: The Company considers the terms and conditions of the contracts and the Company’s customary business practices in identifying its contracts under ASC 606.

(2) Identify the performance obligations in the contract: At contract inception, the Company assesses the product offerings in its contracts to identify performance obligations that are distinct.

(3) Determine the transaction price: The transaction price is the total amount of consideration that the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the product offerings in a contract. The prices of the Company's products are generally fixed at contract inception and therefore, the Company’s contracts do not contain a significant amount of variable consideration. From time to time, the Company may enter into contracts with its customers that provide a form of variable consideration. For these arrangements, the Company estimates the variable consideration at the contract inception based on the most likely amount in a range of possible outcomes. The estimate of variable consideration is reassessed on a quarterly basis.

(4) Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract: When the Company’s contracts with customers contain more than a single performance obligation, management allocates the total contract consideration to each performance obligation on a relative SSP basis. The SSP is the price at which the Company would sell a promised product or service separately to a customer. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. The Company determines SSP by considering its overall pricing practices and market conditions, including the Company’s discounting practices, the size and volume of the Company’s transactions, the customer demographic, price lists, historical sales, contract prices and customer relationships.

(5) Recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied: The Company recognizes revenue when or as it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a good or service to a customer. A good or service is considered to be transferred when or as the customer obtains control of it.

Amounts that have been invoiced are recorded in accounts receivable and in deferred revenue if issued prior to the satisfaction of performance obligations. Advance payments from customers have been categorized as current or non-current deferred revenue based on the expected performance date.

The Company recognizes revenue on a gross basis. The Company is the principal in the transaction as it is the party responsible for the performance obligation and it controls the product or service before transferring it to the customer.

Revenue excludes sales and usage-based taxes where it has been determined that the Company is acting as a pass through agent.

The Company applied the practical expedient in Topic 606 and does not evaluate contracts of one year or less for the existence of a significant financing component.

Recent Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, to enhance specified information about certain costs and expenses at each interim and annual reporting period so that investors can better understand an entity’s overall performance. Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-01 to clarify the effective date of ASU No. 2024-03. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which revises the recognition guidance for internal-use software by eliminating the previous model based on software development stages and introducing a principles-based approach. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-10, Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business Entities, which establishes guidance for the recognition, measurement, and presentation of government grants received by business entities. Under the new standard, a government grant is recognized only when it is probable that (i) the entity will satisfy the grant’s conditions and (ii) the grant will be received. If those conditions are met, the grant is classified either as a grant related to income or as a grant related to an asset, and the classification determines the appropriate accounting treatment. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2028, and for interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.